Kenesaw Mountain Landis agreed to become baseball’s first commissioner on the condition he remain a federal judge. But the next year, facing impeachment by Congress, he left the bench. Soon after that, the ABA drafted the first Canons of Judicial Ethics, which barred judges from holding other gainful employment. The commissioner position was created in response to the “Black Sox” scandal, and Landis banned eight White Sox players from the league the day after they were acquitted of criminal charges. Landis’ name was removed from MVP trophies in 2020 in acknowledgement of his failure to racially integrate professional baseball.